Net income increased in 2015 to 53 billion USD from 39 billion usd in 2014

In 2015 company paid 11.56 billion usd dividend to its shareholders

Apple Inc subsidiaries and acquisitions

Apple Inc designs, manufactures, & markets mobile communication & media devices, personal computers, & portable digital music players, & sells a variety of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions, & third-party digital content. The company's hardware products include the Macintosh line of personal computers, the iPod line of portable media players, the iPad line of tablets, and the iPhone line of mobile phones. Apple's software products include the OS X operating system, the iTunes media browser, and the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software. Apple's business philosophy is to acquire small companies that can be easily integrated into existing company projects.

In 1997 Apple completed the acquisition of Next (Computer programming services) for 404 million usd

In 2001 Apple completed the acquisition of PowerSchool (Online info systems services) for 66 million usd